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Ethan Packard

Technical Marketing Engineer

Technical marketing leader with 10+ years across SOC operations, SOAR, SIEM, and AI-driven security platforms. Proven ability to translate deep hands-on expertise into demos, technical content, enablement assets, and competitive narratives that accelerate sales, influence product direction, and resonate with security practitioners.Background spans startup → acquisition → the leading cybersecurity companies with direct ownership of demos, videos, POC guides, and field-facing content for enterprise and mid-market buyers.

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Dark illustration digital tree built from cascading teal data glyphs, with red malicious nodes scattered through its branches and a glowing red threat marker at the trunk, visualizing how an AI SOC investigates vulnerability chains and AI-augmented attacks
Inside the SOC

AI SOC, Mythos, and Next-Gen LLMs

Claude Mythos signals a shift in AI-powered attacks. Here's how an AI SOC investigates every alert, exposes zero-day exploits, and contains the blast radius.
Ethan Packard
May 8, 2026
Inside the SOC

Axios Supply Chain Attack: How AI Agents Caught It First

Microsoft Defender flagged it as suspicious. Dropzone AI agents investigated and confirmed an active Axios supply chain attack at multiple customers.
Ethan Packard
April 20, 2026
A security analyst sits at a command desk overlooking a vast, dimly lit operations floor filled with rows of AI agents working at glowing monitors. Holographic displays show pyramid-shaped data visualizations in front of the analyst, illustrating the agent
Inside the SOC

What is an agentic SOC? The operating model, explained (2026)

An agentic SOC is how security operations run when AI agents do the investigating and analysts own every verdict. What changes, and how to evaluate one.
Ethan Packard
September 14, 2026
Inside the SOC

Threat Hunting Tools in 2026: The Three Layers, and How to Evaluate Them

What threat hunting tools does a SOC need in 2026? Compare all three layers, from SIEM and EDR to AI hunting platforms, and get the evaluation checklist.
Ethan Packard
March 4, 2026
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